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Collection Focus: The People’s Coin (Elizabeth I Penny)
Feb05February 5, 202648: Elizabeth I 1558-1603, Coins, England

Collection Focus: The People’s Coin (Elizabeth I Penny)

No collection of English coins is complete without “The First Lizzie”—Elizabeth I. This tiny hammered silver coin represents the day-to-day…

Collection Focus: The Dawn of the Penny (Anglo-Saxon Sceat)
Feb05February 5, 202603: Early Anglo-Saxon 600-775, Coins, England

Collection Focus: The Dawn of the Penny (Anglo-Saxon Sceat)

We have traveled from the modern milled coins of the 20th century, past the hammered copper of Charles II, all…

Collection Focus: Samurai Silver (Tenpō Ichibu-gin)
Jan27January 27, 2026Coins, Japan

Collection Focus: Samurai Silver (Tenpō Ichibu-gin)

Leaving the round milled coins of Europe behind, we travel East to the isolationist world of Edo-period Japan. For the…

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